Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina
By: Georgina Pazcoguin
3.83
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives reade…
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1. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
By: Misty Copeland , Charisse Jones
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"Picture a ballerina in a tutu and toe shoes. What does she look like?" As the only African America… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adult
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
2. Dancing on My Grave
By: Greg Lawrence , Gelsey Kirkland
3.86
Format: 363 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The shattering story of a dream which became a heartbreaking nightmare for one of America's most fa… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
3. Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
By: Laurence Gonzales
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
"A richly detailed story that is equal parts heartbreaking, inspiring…and full of fascinating scien… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
"As he walked along the runway, he came upon a United Airlines pilot. “He tried to sit up,"-Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
"Joan Wernick said she took two lessons from the crash. “You’re going to die when you’re supposed to die."-Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
"What does brace mean, anyway? Brace. Such an odd word. It comes from the Latin brachium, meaning arm. It means, as its heart, to embrace. It was a hug. A hug good-bye."-Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
"He saw at least a dozen people still in their seats. Their clothes were torn or blown or burned from their bodies, “completely naked in front, missing limbs, missing faces, some breathing, some moani…"-Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
4. Winter Season: A Dancer's Journal
By: Toni Bentley
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
An irresistible inside look at one of the world's great dance companies, Winter Season is also a se… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
5. Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet
By: Jenifer Ringer
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
A behind-the-curtains look at the rarefied world of classical ballet from a principal dancer at the… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
6. The Cranes Dance
By: Meg Howrey
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
I threw my neck out in the middle of Swan Lake last night. So begins the tale of Kate Crane, a solo… read more
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7. Bunheads
By: Sophie Flack
2.00
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
As a dancer with the ultra-prestigious Manhattan Ballet Company, nineteen-year-old Hannah Ward jugg… read more
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8. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
By: Michaela DePrince , Elaine DePrince
3.80
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary memoir of Michaela DePrince, a young dancer who escaped war-torn Sierra Leone for… read more
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9. The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
By: Karen Valby
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood,… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone
By: Cameron Russell
3.79
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A fierce and innovative memoir that explores who holds the power in an image-obsessed culture, from… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. Center Center: A Funny, Sexy, Sad Almost-Memoir of a Boy in Ballet
By: James Whiteside
3.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A daring, hilarious, and inspiring memoir-in-essays from the American Ballet Theatre principal danc… read more
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- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
12. Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century
By: Jennifer Homans
4.33
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - "A fascinating read about a true genius and his unrelenting thirst… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
13. Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet
By: Alice Robb
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Expertly choreographed and long overdue, this is the nuanced reckoning ballet needs, ballerinas de… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- feminism
- adult
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
"Another study, this one by doctors at Imperial College in London, found a neurological anomaly: the area of the cerebellum that receives signals from the 'balance organs" in the inner ear and convert…"-Alice Robb, Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet
14. The Ballerina Mindset: How to Protect Your Mental Health While Striving for Excellence
By: Megan Fairchild
3.96
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America's p… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
15. Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina
By: Georgina Pazcoguin
3.83
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives reade… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- feminism
- humor
- adult
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
16. The Still Point
By: Tammy Greenwood
3.97
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Dance Moms meets Little Fires Everywhere in award winning author Tammy Greenwood’s addictive new no… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
17. Pas de Don't
By: Chloe Angyal
4.00
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
Heather Hays finally has everything she's worked for—she was promoted principal dancer and is engag… read more
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- sports
18. Dances
By: Nicole Cuffy
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A provocative and lyrical debut novel follows a trailblazing Black ballerina who must reconcile the… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"The truth is, sometimes I wanted him gone. He frightened me a little, my brother. As much as I loved him, I knew something was wrong with him. I knew he did drugs, but there was always something else…"-Nicole Cuffy, Dances
"The truth is, sometimes I wanted him gone. He frightened me a little, my brother. As much as I loved him, I knew something was wrong with him. I knew he did drugs, but there was always something else…"-Nicole Cuffy, Dances
19. Serenade: A Balanchine Story
By: Toni Bentley
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Toni Bentley, a dancer for George Balanchine, the greatest ballet maker of the 20th century, tells … read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- memoir
20. Turning Pointe: How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself
By: Chloe Angyal
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, ra… read more
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- memoir
- feminism
- adult
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
21. The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson
By: Misty Copeland
3.97
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated ballerina and New York Times bestselling author Misty Copeland, a heartfelt memoir … read more
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- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
